Oils in contact cleaner??
Joe
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From: "Pete Turnbull" <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
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Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: ANTS!!!!
> On Nov 17, 7:58, Joe Stevenson wrote:
> > Fly spray shouldn't hurt the board, but I would spray it down with
> contact cleaner.
> > The biggest worry from ants is the formic acid they produce.
> Hopefully that did not
> > damage the board.
>
> NOT contact cleaner. Proper contact cleaner contains oils that will
> stay behind; fine in minute amounts on your switch contacts, but not in
> your ROM sockets, or all over a board where it collects all manner of
> airborne crud. Iso-propyl alcohol -- which is the carrier in contact
> cleaner -- would be OK, so would ethanol. Neither will do much about
> the formic acid; water will be better for that.
>
> --
> Pete Peter Turnbull
> Network Manager
> University of York
Received on Mon Nov 17 2003 - 13:04:14 GMT